Ms. Pennington is a full-time teacher in the Carmi-White County School District. Her degree is in Secondary Education English and she has a Master's Degree in Educational Leadership. She has lived in Carmi with her daughter Taylor since the year
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Ms. Pennington is a full-time teacher in the Carmi-White County School District. Her degree is in Secondary Education English and she has a Master's Degree in Educational Leadership. She has lived in Carmi with her daughter Taylor since the year 2000.

There is something infinitely rewarding about setting a goal and working towards it. For me goal setting has been a way of life, mainly, because I had to "push" to get through college to keep attaining degrees. The lifestyle of always trying to go a little further became a habit.
My current goal is to build the best body I can. Over the winter I worked with an online trainer to try and lose weight and build muscle. He taught me a lot about eating correctly and portion control. I lost 10 pounds from December to May. Then boredom set in and my Reese Cup addiction returned. I had to have a new goal, a new workout, or something to encourage me to keep going.
I belong to a closed Facebook group called The Juggernauts. A Juggernaut is a mass unstoppable force. The Juggernaut page is sponsored by Infinite Labs, which is a company that makes workout supplements like protein powders, pre-workout drinks, etc. The page consists of hundreds of people all with a common goal and that is to live a healthy fit lifestyle and be the best they can be physically. In April I was voted most improved woman by the group and that gave me a little shot in the arm to go on.
This page offers free contests. I just entered the Dexter Jackson Challenge. Dexter Jackson is a famous bodybuilder that is now a spokes model for Infinite Labs. I have 12 weeks to build the best physical frame I can. I met a Fitness Coach on the page that is training me for free. I was skeptical of "free" since I was raised to believe there is no such thing as a free lunch. He said that if I would allow him to use my before and after pictures as a way to advertise his services for his business Cotton Club Fitness in Atlanta, Ga., he would train me for free. He has numerous males and females that he provides this service for online. Yesterday was day one of the workout he had planned for me and he about killed me!
After two hours of nothing but sweat and perseverance, I went home infinitely happy. I couldn't lift some of the weight he had scheduled for me, I was off about 10 pounds, but finishing is winning. I did what I could do and I did it to the best of my ability. I went home with a little high off of "the push."
John Cotton says he can take my body to the next level. I am willing to put in the time and energy and effort if he is willing to train me. This contest will be over Sept. 15. At that point in time, I will just move on to something else. Life for me is all about ... the push.